{"id":11108,"date":"2015-03-16T08:43:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T12:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=11108"},"modified":"2015-03-16T09:19:05","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T13:19:05","slug":"baby-girl-sister-to-jillian-and-oliver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2015\/03\/16\/baby-girl-sister-to-jillian-and-oliver\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl, Sister to Jillian and Oliver"},"content":{"rendered":"

Desperately seeking a name for Jillian and Oliver’s little sister! If
\nbaby was a boy, I am 100% on Theodore (“”Theo”) Henry. However, just
\nfound out we’re having another girl and I am completely stumped! The
\nperfect name for me would be classy, but friendly and approachable. I
\nlove names that have cutesy nicknames and British sounding names. I
\nwas so worried about Jillian seeming dated and a “mom name” when I
\nchose it, but now I couldn’t possibly love it more. What names could
\ngo with Jillian?<\/p>\n

A few I think I like…
\nAnnabel: (only like this spelling) pro- cute nn “Annie” for little
\ngirl con- “bel” names over used, is this too much associated with
\nbeing a cow’s name?<\/p>\n

Eloise: pros: love love love all of the cute nick names, love the way
\nthis name looks written cons: “wheeze” sound sometimes bothers me,
\n“el” names too trendy to be timeless?<\/p>\n

Eliza: sometimes i love it, sometimes it just looks like Elizabeth
\nunfinished, lack of cute nn<\/p>\n

Daphne: lack of nn, really dislike “daffy”, prob. best for middle name<\/p>\n

Margo<\/p>\n

Clara<\/p>\n

Isabel: pretty sound, really really popular<\/p>\n

Charlotte: popular, don’t care for “char” or “charlie”<\/p>\n

Would so so love and appreciate more suggestions!!! :) The perfect
\nname is out there somewhere, I just can’t seem to find it!<\/p>\n

I really like Lillian, but obviously not an option since we already
\nhave Jillian! ;)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 <\/p>\n

I wonder if you would like Lottie as a nickname for Charlotte.<\/p>\n

Without a surname to work with, it’s difficult to come up with more possibilities. But here are some that feel to me like they could be a good fit with Jillian:<\/p>\n

Abigail
\nApril
\nAudrey
\nBethany
\nBianca
\nBridget
\nClarissa
\nClaudia
\nHolly
\nLaurel
\nLindsay
\nLydia
\nMeredith
\nNatalie
\nMolly
\nSabrina
\nVeronica
\nWinifred<\/p>\n

Have you noticed the main issue with many of these names? No good nicknames. The Holly I know is often called Holls, but that’s not a nickname in the Jillian\/Jill sense: she wouldn’t write “Holls” on a school paper, for example. Bethany\/Beth is equivalent to Jillian\/Jill, but the nickname Beth sounds a bit mommish at this point; same with Laurie for Laurel.<\/p>\n

The only ones that seem to me to be as good as Jill for Jillian are Winnie for Winifred and Abby for Abigail. Liddy\/Lyddie for Lydia and Bree for Sabrina and Bee for Bianca are close.<\/p>\n

I think your own list contains more promising candidates. Annabel\/Annie is adorable, and I don’t think of Annabel as a cow name. I love Eloise and Eliza, and I don’t think the El- keeps them off the timeless list or that Eliza looks like an unfinished Elizabeth. When I say Eloise aloud, I don’t hear “wheeze”: at most I hear “weez.” To force the “wheeze” sound to appear, I have to shape my mouth differently. Eliza could be nicknamed Liza, which at my house would probably turn into Liza-Lou. (You could also use Ellie, but then you’d be emphasizing the part that concerns you.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Desperately seeking a name for Jillian and Oliver’s little sister! If baby was a boy, I am 100% on Theodore (“”Theo”) Henry. However, just found out we’re having another girl and I am completely stumped! The perfect name for me would be classy, but friendly and approachable. I love names that have cutesy nicknames and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-2Ta","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11108"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11111,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11108\/revisions\/11111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}